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The commentaries of Messire Blaize de Montluc, Mareschal of France.London, Andrew Clark for Henry Brome, 1674. Folio. With engraved frontispiece full-length portrait of the author. Contemporary blind-tooled mottled calf. Expertly rebacked in similar blind-tooled calf.

MONLUC, Blaise, Seigneur de. · 1521 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,500.00 ($1,653.31 | £1,251.22 | ¥264,044)

[18], "404" [= 400], [12] pp. plus engr. frontispiece.First English edition of Blaise de Monluc's own detailed account of his career, beginning as a foot-soldier and finally becoming Marshal of France, providing a military history of France from 1521 to 1576. He also provides "d…

Deed of Gift.

DALIBARD, JILL DAWSON. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Toronto: Wolsak and Wynn, 1995. 0919897460. 1st edition. "The first book of poems by Montreal poet Jill Dawson Dalibard..The poet was born in the village of Long Melford, [Suffolk] England, and emigrated to Canada in 1958." Pp.92. Paperback. VG.

Meredith (Grey Arrow)

Siegfried Sassoon · 1959 · Book Haven

NZ$8.50 (€4.26 | $4.70 | £3.55 | ¥750)

Arrow 1959 Paperback, 319pp. Meredith is a critically acclaimed 1948 biography of the Victorian novelist and poet George Meredith, written by the renowned English war poet and writer Siegfried Sassoon. Published by Viking in New York, the book explores the life and works of the …

De Rerum Natura

Titi Lucreii Cari [Lucretius] · 1813 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, Ricardi Taylor, 1813 . Leather. The first Richard Taylor edition of Lucretius's first century BC poem on Epicurean philosophy, handsomely bound in calf, with gilt detailing to board perimeters. In the original Latin.An attractively bound early 19th century example o…

Better Homes and Gardens Magazine, October 1926 - Lockerbie Street - the Home of James Whitcomb Riley

LEMMON, MRS. ROBERT S.; WILCOX, UTHAI VINCENT; KAINS, M.G.; MARTINI, E.A.; SHERLOCK, CHESLA C.; ET AL · 1926 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$195.00 (€176.92 | £147.58 | ¥31,143)

USA: Meredith, 1926. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated by Oude, Marguerite (page 46). 100 pages. Features: Possibilities for planting wall gardens - rock walls; Showing civic pride with trees; The proper way to remove branches - photo-illustrated article on pruning trees; Th…

Women Who Have Worked and Won: The Life-Story of Mrs. Spurgeon, Mrs. Booth-Tucker, F.R. Havergal, and Ramabai

Jennie Chappell · 1904 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, S. W. Partridge and Co, [1904]. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this interesting illustrated work on the lives of many noted and influential Christian women, written by Jennie Chappell and bound in half calf. The first edition. Illustrated with a monochrome…

The Diverting History of John Gilpin Shewing How He Went Father Than He Intended and Came Safe Home Again

William Cowper · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London , Longmans Green and Co. c1880. Cloth. William Cowper's comic ballad. llustrated throughout, with numerous vignettes and several plates designed by H Fitz-Cook and engraved by J C Whymper. Undated, dated using Copac. William Cowper was an English poet and hymndosit. …

Sonnets of My Life

Nita Pierson · 1916 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

San Francisco, Philopolis Press, 1916. First edition. Hardback. The very scarce signed first edition of a personal anthology of sonnets written by San Francisco poet Nita Pearson. The very scarce signed first edition of Sonnets of My Life, a personal anthology written by America…

Poetic Tales: Logosofia Down to Earth

LIVINGSTONE, DINAH · 2010 · The Glass Key

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Katabasis, 2010. Second Impression. Paperback. Second printing of this trade paperback edition. Pp 149. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers. Signed by the author to the poet Christopher Hampton on the half-title: To Christopher with love from Dinah. Near Fine .

Envoi

MARSHFIELD, ALAN · 1999 · The Glass Key

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London, Abraxas, 1999. First edition. Paperback. Set 96 in the series 100 Plus or Minus. 1st printing. 56pp booklet wire-stabbed in orange printed card wrappers. Printed letter laid in with a manuscript note addressed Dear Christopher (the poet Christopher Hampton) and signed Yo…

Women Come to a Death

WOOD, DILYS · 1997 · The Glass Key

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London, Katabasis, 1997. First edition. Paperback. 8vo paperback. Pp 57. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers. Author's inscription on the half-title: To Christopher (Hampton, the poet) with thanks for the inspiration of your work and thoughts. Love Dilys. Very Good + .

COLLOTYPE FACSIMILE & TYPE TRANSCRIPT OF AN ELIZABETHAN MANUSCRIPT, Preserved at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, Containing i. Of Tribute, or giving what is due by Francis Bacon. ii. Of Magnanimitie, by Francis Bacon. iii. Advertisement touching private censure, by Francis Bacon. iv. Advertisement touching the Controversies of the Church by Francis Bacon, v. Letter to a French Gentleman touching the proceedings in England in Ecclesiastical causes, by Francis Bacon. vi. Speeches for a device presented A.D. 1595, by Francis Bacon. vii. Speech of the Earl of Sussex. viii. Letter from Sir Philip Sydney to Queen Elizabeth on her proposed marriage from the Earl of Anjou. ix. Leicester’s Commonwealth. Transcribed and Edited with Notes and Introduction by Frank J. Burgoyne.

Bacon, Francis. · 1904 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Longmans, Green and Co. 1904. 1st Ed. 4to. xxiv + 166pp. + 90pp. Facsimile. Ills. Original gilt lettered cloth, some marking, spine sl. bumped, t.e.g. No. 130 of a Limited Edition of 250 Copies.With the signature of Ronald Duncan to half title, founder member of the Francis Ba…

Book and Magazine Collector : No 176 November 1998

CRISPIN JACKSON (EDITOR) · 1998 · Godley Books

£4.95 (€5.93 | $6.54 | ¥1,045)

London, Diamond Publishing Group Ltd. 1998. Soft Cover, 8.25 x 6 inches. No marks or inscriptions . No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 163p. This issue includes Stephen King, CS Lewis 'Narnia' books, real li…

NÖSPL - Gedichte - 1956-1981,

Tragelehn, Bernhard Klaus, · 1982 · Antiquariat Orban & Streu GbR

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Basel, Stroemfeld, 1982, 8°, 124 S., mit ein paar s/w-Abbildungen, original Kartonage (Paperback), gutes, sauberes Exemplar ohne nennenswerte Mängel. Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend ggü. Musterschule) möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. Pickup at the s…

Will Someone Lead Me to a Pub?: Being a Note Upon Certain of the Taverns, Old and New, of London

Thomas Burke · 1936 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. 1936. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this charming ode to London taverns, accompanied by Frederick Carter"s characterful illustrations. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This volume is a first edition.This …

Original Antique Print - Sir Samuel Garth - Engraved for Harrison's Edition of Rapin - in the Collection of Jacob Tonson Esq. 1786

1786 · Creaking Shelves Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

, 1786. . Sir Samuel Garth FRS (1661 -18 January 1719) was an English physician and poet. In 1699 Samuel Garth was called to give evidence in what became known as the Sarah Stout Affair. Spencer Cowper, a lawyer and member of a prominent Hertfordshire family, was accused with so…

Dorothy Q Together with a Ballad of the Boston Tea Party & Grandmother&Apos;S Story of Bunker Hill Battle

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1892 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Gay and Bird, 1892. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of the popular poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes, beautifully illustrated throughout by Howard Pyle. The first U.K. trade edition of this work.An anthology of three poems by Oliver Wendell Holmes, 'Doroth…

Classic literature 1668 I Euripides. Feniciaensche of Gebroeders van Thebe. Treurspel. Amsterdam, for the widower Abraham de Wees, 1668, 63+[1] pp.

Euripides; Vondel, Joost van den (trans.) · 1932 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€54.50 ($60.07 | £45.46 | ¥9,594)

Modern binding, 200 x 160 mm, 4º: A-H#4, 63 [1] pp. Title page with printer’s mark (well) and “Elk zyn beurt” (everyone gets his turn). With sticker on the flyleaf: Geschenk van Dr. W.G.J. van Koeverden aan de bibliotheek van het aartsbisschoppelijk klein seminarie, december 193…

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

Vladimir Mayakovsky. · 1970 · SomeThingz, books etcetera

€17.50 ($19.29 | £14.60 | ¥3,081)

Moscow Progress Publishers 1970 Bound, cloth with original dustjacket, 208pp., 11.5x17.5cm., bilingual edition (Rus.-Eng.), printed in red and black. In very good condition. Propagandic poem dedicated to the life and deeds of Lenin.

Polite Satires

Clifford Bax · 1922 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Medici Society, 1922. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of a collection of three charming duologues, containing the bookplate of the one of the earliest Jungian analysts in the United Kingdom. The first edition of Polite Satires, a collection of plays including …